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• 1.Faint praise
• Reader question: In this headline Warne has faint praise for Gilly what does faint praise mean? My comments: Praise is good. Faint praise is not. Some...
• 2.Oh, what a bummer!
• Reader question: In this paragraph What a bummer! A study by the British Medical Journal reveals that although the Wii game console offers more activi...
• 3.See the light?
• Reader question: In this sentence I don't know what I have to do to make him see the light what does see the light mean? My comments: For someone to s...
• 4.Zero sum game
• Reader question: In this sentence Globalization is not a zero sum game but a great opportunity for all what does zero sum game mean? My comments: Sum ...
• 5.Learn by osmosis
• Guo writes: Please further explain these sentences He doesn't believe in fines; he believes in benchings. Guys make too much to care about fines, he s...
• 6.See the light of day?
• Reader question: This Never Seen the Light of Day is the title of a song. What does see the light of day mean? My comments: For something to see the l...
• 7.From the old school
• Reader question: What does this He's from the old school, fool mean? My comments: Ha, it means the speaker is not very fond of he who is from the old ...
• 8.Fool's gold
• Reader question: In this sentence history suggests profits will be far below expectations, possibly making those investments fool's gold what does foo...
• 9.You do the math
• Reader question: What does the expression you do the math mean? What math? Give examples. My comments: You do the math is a colloquial expression that...
• 10.Try as he may
• Yan writes: Thank you for answering my letter so quickly that I didn't expect... I remember that you encouraged me just to fire away with questions wh...